A serious PN own-goal
Michael Falzon
Suddenly the PN has become more positive than negative. Then the PN media abruptly undermines everything it had managed to achieve by publishing a conspiracy theory intended...
A jewel like Hondoq ir-Rummien deserves better
The 2006 amendments that earmarked this area for tourism development should be reversed, once and for all; and Ħondoq itself should be re-declared ODZ, and included in the Public...
The great train robbery
Saviour Balzan

Castille served as a hub for allowing Joseph Muscat’s ‘chosen few’ to create structures to enrich themselves through kickbacks 

Castille served as a hub for allowing Joseph Muscat’s...

A fair trial includes on whether a judgement can be enforced
Malcolm Mifsud

When examining whether there was a fair trial, a constitutional court will not...

When examining whether there was a fair trial, a...

A belated admission that cannabis users are not 'criminals'

All in all, the proposed reform may still fall short of a fully liberalised...

All in all, the proposed reform may still fall short of a...

Just pave Malta into one large tunnel-road to Sicily, already...

The Skinny | No 80 – The Unbearable Lightness of Ian Borg

The Skinny | No 80 – The Unbearable Lightness of Ian...

‘Mafia’ doesn’t mean ‘anyone you don’t like’
Raphael Vassallo

No matter how much of that perception is now destroyed by hindsight…...

No matter how much of that perception is now destroyed by...

Minimum wage and social justice | Rafel Grima

The gap between the haves and the have-nots in Malta is growing, and it has...

The gap between the haves and the have-nots in Malta is...

Apparatchiks and the problems of Maltese democracy | Kurt Borg

As a country, we need to destroy this political idolatry, to stop...

As a country, we need to destroy this political idolatry,...

A Maltese ‘Tangentopoli’, in the making

Whether this realisation will be enough to consign, once and for all, the...

Whether this realisation will be enough to consign, once...

Time for the mavericks?
Michael Falzon

Robert Abela is trying to clean Augean stables – a tight-rope exercise in which he is trying to balance the need for cleanliness with his need for the...

Robert Abela is trying to clean Augean stables – a...

Begging your pardon (again)...
Raphael Vassallo

This alone should be reason enough to remove the decision-making power from the Prime Minister’s hands, once and for all

This alone should be reason enough to remove the...

I think we’re going to need a bigger jail
Josanne Cassar

Those who refused to understand why Keith Schembri should have been removed...

Those who refused to understand why Keith Schembri should...

Disown Muscat now or face a worse scenario
Saviour Balzan

Because they believe that if Muscat’s memorable legacy is destroyed, the...

Because they believe that if Muscat’s memorable...

Prescription period starts upon last entry of the account
Malcolm Mifsud

A commercial account between two companies starts not when the order was...

A commercial account between two companies starts not when...

Death of the Republic

The legitimacy of the Muscat administration, inherited by Robert Abela, is now imperilled and has become toxic

The legitimacy of the Muscat administration, inherited by...

Gearing ourselves for a green economy
Aaron Farrugia

We need to continue gearing ourselves towards a sustainable development model where all citizens can grow, live, work, and age in an environment that optimises...

We need to continue gearing ourselves towards a sustainable...

One Health – health policy in a post-COVID world
Ralph Cassar

A question which begs an answer is how can a ‘One Health’ approach...

A question which begs an answer is how can a ‘One...

Keith Schembri and the Al Capone syndrome
Raphael Vassallo

For that, we would need to patiently follow all those remaining loose threads,...

For that, we would need to patiently follow all those...

Social media: easy to forget repercussions of words
Alex Agius Saliba

What we write online and what we decide to share with our friends and family...

What we write online and what we decide to share with our...